Kharif sowing up 3.5% on year; area under pulses grows 22%
By Sandip das Thanks to normal monsoon rains in most parts of the country since the last week of June,
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Paddy
Telangana Government Lists Fine Paddy Varieties for Bonus Scheme
The agriculture and cooperation department has identified 33 fine varieties of paddy cultivated by farmers in the state, against the
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Between basmati and non-basmati; Latter suffered more due to export curbs.
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee As a panel of senior ministers deliberates on the need to review the curb on exports of
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Karnataka: Debate over difference in rice procurement price by different departments
BJP MLC N Ravi Kumar on Monday questioned the State Government over the difference in prices of rice procured by
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Budget to announce steps to aid crop diversification
By Sandip Das The government is likely to announce a host of measures aimed at boosting domestic production of pulses
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Paddy under DSR system far from target this time too.
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber It seems not many farmers in Punjab are interested to cultivate paddy using the direct seeded
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Area under short duration paddy set to go up in Pb
By Vibhor Mohan Amid concerns over water guzzling paddy crops likely to be cultivated over a larger area in the
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Maharashtra: Thanks to constant rain, ghat area farmers take up paddy plantation
By Abhijeet Patil As showers have been constant, paddy farmers in the ghat areas of Kolhapur have sped up cultivation
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Kharif sowing up 14%, paddy area rises 19%
By Sandip Das Thanks to the monsoon rains in the ‘active’ phase in the last fortnight, sowing of kharif crops
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Paddy sowing 94% less than ‘normal’ in June 2024, data shows
The area under paddy, India’s primary Kharif crop, was 94 per cent less than its ‘normal’ sown area as of
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